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wise by president bush life enjoyed the conversational tone that he took and his presidency in the big defense white 9/11 and others that are part of the presence and in the process of getting to the karl rove new book, i don't know if anything had more of a lasting impact on what we are talking about today van we did with regard to the economic meltdown. reading secretary powell sen new autobiography would be frustrated with him by the end of the time but to give the benefit of the dow to see his side of the story. french and center and i am also reading new book from a local alabama author called the the final sum it. he takes real people from the past churchill, abraham lincoln, joan of arc, george washington carver and weaves them in a fictitious way but to use real-life examples to inspire us to be better
wise by president bush life enjoyed the conversational tone that he took and his presidency in the big defense white 9/11 and others that are part of the presence and in the process of getting to the karl rove new book, i don't know if anything had more of a lasting impact on what we are talking about today van we did with regard to the economic meltdown. reading secretary powell sen new autobiography would be frustrated with him by the end of the time but to give the benefit of the dow to see...
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t we did too big surveys of these folks. what i found fascinating as if began to look through theegan results of the service, the t difference in how people were how pe responding to questions aboutop opportunity and access as anitya function of age or asra generations. would go into this a little bit later, but a short story is s those people who were under 40 and you have a system that i have organized where i call these people generations, the people under 40 responded quitei differently to those who were over 40 in terms of how muchm discrimination date received in the workplace and how much ofp today's date of were available for them personally. just in terms of how difficult it was to make it in americanci, society. and so once i saw this interesting generational break out in the data we went back w ahead of a small group ofarchers researchers and conducted overdu 130 follow-up interviews just in the people in the survey in addition to over 100 interviewst conducted generally from the book.t so it was somewhat differen
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africans are being put in these big jobs that the british have had. they can go into hotels and restaurants that used to say no africans or dogs allowed. now they can go in and order a couple of shots of whiskey. all kinds of things are possible. it was a very exciting time in obama let loose. he was smart. yet a great job when he came back. he had a white wife. he had everything. and he should have been -- gone on to be successful. partly he drinks too much, partly he doesn't have a ph.d.. i think there really was a very large wound, and partly he was a self-destructive character. he argued, he criticized. he complained about the british. they didn't know what they were doing. where were you when i was getting my harvard degree he would say to people. kenyan and british alike and it didn't go well for him. he lost his first job. he was a trainee at shell. he doesn't get re-upped. he is let go and he goes on to a hugely promising job in the research department at the central bank of kenya. this was the new bank. this to could've been the opportunity o
africans are being put in these big jobs that the british have had. they can go into hotels and restaurants that used to say no africans or dogs allowed. now they can go in and order a couple of shots of whiskey. all kinds of things are possible. it was a very exciting time in obama let loose. he was smart. yet a great job when he came back. he had a white wife. he had everything. and he should have been -- gone on to be successful. partly he drinks too much, partly he doesn't have a ph.d.. i...
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it sounds like a mid-level bureaucracy but this is a big job bringing in the tourists' etc. to me if he lasts for years. he doesn't just a drink on the job, he gets arrested. two months after fer joined driving he starts to lie about what the job is that he travels around the country developing tourism. he claims the title about him she says he's the general manager. he's not the general manager. they didn't really like that. many things began to happen. >> host: it's interesting that you talk about this personal habits and rather messy series of personal behavior with drinking and so long and womanizing. again, looking at the sun, what a contrast. president obama, a very disciplined man in his conduct and the week that he does business, he's got the law professors' attitudes about argued cases and seeing all sides of things, but he's not a confrontational person and i wonder if this is another reaction against his dad or to try to be the opposite of his death i wonder if he had thoughts about that. >> guest: i was trying to think of words between the two of them. president
it sounds like a mid-level bureaucracy but this is a big job bringing in the tourists' etc. to me if he lasts for years. he doesn't just a drink on the job, he gets arrested. two months after fer joined driving he starts to lie about what the job is that he travels around the country developing tourism. he claims the title about him she says he's the general manager. he's not the general manager. they didn't really like that. many things began to happen. >> host: it's interesting that you...
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that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i can be part of it. israel and american jews i want my big issues like pay a lot of attention to it. obama blue in the middle east. there's a very long question. how would one possess obama's dealings with netanyahu and what can we expect from hamas agreement, is that basically it? and egypt. i don't know about egypt. he blew it with regard to the middle east because he started out as he's done altogether too often for many of our cas
that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience....
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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not clear that obama's base will turn out and will be a much tougher election which is why all the more crazy people like ralph nader and alexander cockburn are advocating for somebody to challenge him as an independent or with the democratic party. that is how incumbents lose. they lose because they are challenged from within. that is how jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy and lyndon johnson was challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president the is to fight 2001. even if i disagree with obama and thought he was terrible i would be against challenging him
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there in the same numbers at all. i have this theory that the night obama won the election in 2008 was the night he appeared with rick warren who put his arms around him and said i don't agree with everything he says but he is all right. if you look at the numbers in 2008 what changed was the republicans stayed home because they didn't think he was the antichrist. now they think he is the antichrist again so they will turn out and it is not...
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>> it was a big first. there were a lot of unique features and shopping centers built on such a grand scale with so much attention to aesthetic detail and really just imposing architecture. it was important to the northwest suburbs that the condition of the fact that this area was a boom town. just growing so rapidly and one of the more important areas of chicago at that time. the case i make in the book is it represented a lot of firsts in shopping center buildings. it is meant to be a case study to talk about all shopping centers and all malls and how they developed. the best analogy is it was the floodgate. >> victor bruin has been referred to as the father of the shopping mall. what features or design elements were considered unique at the time of the construction? >> victor drew in was an amazing story. there is a biography of him where i obtained my permission called lawmaker. he was a holocaust refugee who came from vienna in 1939 to america and one of the things that influenced him the most on his a
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they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear that obama's face is going to turn out, and it's going to be a tough election which is why it's all the more crazy that people like nader are still getting somebody to challenge him either as an independent or within the democratic party. that's how incumbents lose because they are challenged from within. carter was challenged by kennedy. johnson challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose a presidency is to have to fight two battles at once. as much as i -- even if i disagree with obama and thought hefsz terrible, i would be as
they got a big sandwich of nothing. they won't be there at all, and the second thing is i have a theory that's unprovable that the night obama won the election in 2008 is the night he appears with rick warren. he said i don't agree with what he all says, but he's already. if you look at the numbers in 2008, the republicans stayed home more than the democrats turned out because they didn't think testifies the anti-christ, but now they think he is, and so they'll turn out again. it's not clear...
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being elected, that was -- there was a study by a group of civil rights groups who had put together a big commission headed by two former secretaries of god, henry cisneros a democrat and i am drawing a blank on the republican from the state who used to play for all with the buffalos. yeah, jack kempe. the two of them were the heads of these two commissions and they studied the existence of housing discrimination and i will just quickly say because some of you may know about this, using audit studies. they demonstrated -- they issued their report in october. obama's elected in november. that report said racism still exist them what they were doing is looking up what happened in the last 40 years from 1968 when the housing act was established to 2008, 40 years later. so it still existed and i could give examples time permitted for almost every other institution in society. so this is what i meant. but every time that we start talking about racism people confuse racism with individuals. racism is not an individual. racism is an act. racism is not what one is. racism is what institutions do.
being elected, that was -- there was a study by a group of civil rights groups who had put together a big commission headed by two former secretaries of god, henry cisneros a democrat and i am drawing a blank on the republican from the state who used to play for all with the buffalos. yeah, jack kempe. the two of them were the heads of these two commissions and they studied the existence of housing discrimination and i will just quickly say because some of you may know about this, using audit...
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. >> big publisher of poems repress, thank you for a few minutes . . who remembers as a girl she lived next door to a lithuanian jewish family. she recalls she would call for young josephine to turn the light on for her. 60 years later you could hear the pride in her voice being called upon for that task. it's probable families living in our tenement open until the year 1935 discussed or of mitered norman thomas. tonight we are pleased to discuss his life and work with louisa thomas d. author of conscience. she will be signing copies of the book after the topic and keep in mind when you buy a book your supporting the author, the publisher and the museum. if you choose to become a member this evening, we will give you a complimentary copy of conscience. tonight's conversation is led by john mechem, executive editor and vice president of random house. a former editor of newsweek and pulitzer prize-winning author and commentator on politics,?g?g history and religious base in?gg america and is editor of our jeg public media and contributor tog the pbs tele
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guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs? yes, it did. i think that is how we have to approach medicare. a baby girl born today as a 50% chance or better of living to 100 my husband's grandmother passed away a couple of years ago one a week shy of 112 living in her own home. these are the things that we are dealing with. people are living longer. i was very engaged with care coordination, wellness, how we coordinate care for our seniors in order to make sure not only are they getting the appropriate care but getting it in the setting that they want and having the quality of life that they want as well. me
guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs?...
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so i had this big battle about whether i was going to do the english assignment, and i remember saying to her in the midst of this heated discussion i didn't see the point during these assignments. they were a waste of time. i didn't see what to do this stuff and she said to me well, okay, you are obviously a bright kid and what you decide to do is find so what are we going to do here? and i said well, it seems to me that the point of this class is one, to make sure i have an understanding of the english language and research skills and i can make a coherent argument, so why don't you testing on that? she said why don't you mean? i said have me write something. she said fine, what are you going to write? i said why not a history of riots in america. she said okay. and i went off and several weeks later come back with i don't know how long it was that like a 140 page manuscript and she takes it home, comes back the next monday and this is okay i'm going to give you an essay for the course, but i don't -- i'm not really capable of evaluating this material and i make it from the project.
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and being too big to fail requires allowing a cfi to fail. the second part of the act empowers the fed and the fdic to reduce the affect on the system in the event of a failure to tools such as liquidation of authority and approve a resolution planning. the federal reserve is working with the fdic to thecfis prepare for resolution by adopting living wills. the joint rule is expected this summer. reducing the likelihood of a severe crisis requires strengthening the resilience of markets an infrastructure. toward that end, provisions to improve the transparency and stability of the derivatives market and strength since he th -- strengthens the parts of the infrastructure. we and other agencies are moving this work for in consultation with the corporate foreign regulators. u.s. agencies are working to address structural weaknesses in areas not as easily addressed by the at, such as taconic repo -- such as the repo market. the fed is committed to the promulgation of rules that are sensible, protect smaller community institutions, and promote the
and being too big to fail requires allowing a cfi to fail. the second part of the act empowers the fed and the fdic to reduce the affect on the system in the event of a failure to tools such as liquidation of authority and approve a resolution planning. the federal reserve is working with the fdic to thecfis prepare for resolution by adopting living wills. the joint rule is expected this summer. reducing the likelihood of a severe crisis requires strengthening the resilience of markets an...
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to afford but also too big to change politically. this is how a aaa country becomes aa, the first step on the march to greece." end of quotation. charles congratulat krauthammerl observer of the political scene, in his column friday in "the washington post" concluded with the following words: "obama faces two massive problems: jobs and debt. they're both the result of his spectacularly failed keynesian gamble, spendin spending that la stagnant economy with high and chronic unemployment and a stag staggering debt burden." and that's the problem, mr. president. a staggering debt burden that requires us to increase our debt ceiling and republicans are saying, in order to stop this cycle of more promises and more spending, we've got to apply some accountability, some common sense and good judgment, and that means, first and foremost, stop the spending. i would note, as i said before, that under president obama, annual spending has gone up by $1.2 trillion each of the years. the deficit by peds 1.4 trillion. and i ask again, do you notice
to afford but also too big to change politically. this is how a aaa country becomes aa, the first step on the march to greece." end of quotation. charles congratulat krauthammerl observer of the political scene, in his column friday in "the washington post" concluded with the following words: "obama faces two massive problems: jobs and debt. they're both the result of his spectacularly failed keynesian gamble, spendin spending that la stagnant economy with high and chronic...
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because people look at them for some big boats, big on health care reform or some other big matters, on what to do about epa regulation over osha regulations, what to do about offshore drilling. a lot of this stuff comes and go so quickly that they don't hear the other side, they don't feel pressure from the other side. and they do have to raise money, and they live within this system where every day they are going out, doing fundraisers, lobbyists are at the fundraisers giving them money. these are the people they talk to, they listen to. it's almost an and ecological problem as much as one of laws and legal decisions. so it's really, the key take away here is for anything to change for there to be a constitutional amendment, any laws passed or even a cultural shift that will cause of candidates to be less able to take money. there has to be a shift in outlook sentiment. you have to be -- you can't stop it all. it has to be kind of shameful. if an umpire left a baseball game and then there was a story the next day saying that they had taken money from one side, from one set of playe
because people look at them for some big boats, big on health care reform or some other big matters, on what to do about epa regulation over osha regulations, what to do about offshore drilling. a lot of this stuff comes and go so quickly that they don't hear the other side, they don't feel pressure from the other side. and they do have to raise money, and they live within this system where every day they are going out, doing fundraisers, lobbyists are at the fundraisers giving them money....
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you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's going to take about another three years. and, therefore, it is sad that all of that finest launch team in the world at the kennedy space center, a good part of them are having to be laid off. and that will -- that employment will ramp up over the next several years as we build and launch those kind of rockets. now, there's another set of human rated rockets. i'm just talking about the manned space program now. i'm not talking about the unmanned. look what we're getting ready. this year we're going to jupit jupiter. later on, we are getti
you are married to those big solid rockets. and if there's a failure then, there is no way out for the crew. and as we saw, that was how challenger 25 years ago was destroyed. they had a malfunction in one of the rockets. it caused the whole thing to explode. i'm talking about one of the solid rockets within the first two minutes of flight. well, we're going to have a much safer way to get to and from the space station. the sad thing is, however, that the rocket for humans is not ready and it's...
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itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default byt b getting social security checks out shouldn't be a problem. i we pro. heard their republican member onon public radio this pt weekend say that a pirate for social security checks taxes in the trust fund. well, yes, we have $2.6 trilliot in assets in the trust fund, but they are all in treasuries securities, not cash. i find it just stunning that a a member of congress let alone a i member of the budget committee understand the most basic functioning of our government. lit now, if there is no debt limit increase, treasury may be able to juggle payments to get social security checks out on
itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default...
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and, of course, we have a conversation about india and pakistan, the big piece of that we haven't talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it would mean for the long-term consequences to american power has been broadly over seed in the u.s. tell me why. >> guest: statistics. there are 1.3 billion people in china. 600 million of them live in households earning less than $3 a day. 440 million live in households earning between three and $6 a day. in other words, china over 80% of it lives in poverty that is sub-saharan. there's a china that has about 69 people. they have average income of $20,000 a year. which is the size of france. it's not a trivial number but it's less than 5% of china. that china cannot sell to china. they're trying to find ways to do. you can't sell pipettes to a person who earns $3 a day. they are the hostage of the way. a gun pointing at the head of china is the rising american savings rate. every dollar not spent at wal-mart is taken out of the chinese hide. the chinese are desperate
and, of course, we have a conversation about india and pakistan, the big piece of that we haven't talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it would mean for the long-term consequences to american power has been broadly over seed in the u.s. tell me why. >> guest: statistics. there are 1.3 billion people in china. 600 million of them live in households earning less than $3 a day. 440 million live in...
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one criticism was it was too big. i am sorry about the attention span of some members of congress but they could wait for the movie. maybe it will be coming forward. we are dealing with an interconnected system. there was a central theme. by sources of liquidity outside the banking system and increased information technology people in the financial industry have figured out a way to engage in lending while appearing to escape the burden of risk. they appeared to -- this didn't go away. accumulated elsewhere in the system and exploded on all of us. what we have done is basically make people be responsible for the risk and one important issue that are dealt with with some friends on the liberal side is a question of risk retention. i would urge people to look at michael lewis's book the big short. when people make loans and have no responsibility whether or not they are repaid they will not be as prudent. that is a market incentive. the alternative is oh no, the regulators will tell you what is good and what isn't. we a
one criticism was it was too big. i am sorry about the attention span of some members of congress but they could wait for the movie. maybe it will be coming forward. we are dealing with an interconnected system. there was a central theme. by sources of liquidity outside the banking system and increased information technology people in the financial industry have figured out a way to engage in lending while appearing to escape the burden of risk. they appeared to -- this didn't go away....
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so big bush said -- h.w. said when his son came back, it was like having a reunion. >> guest: yes. >> host: little bush must have felt at some level, there was familiar territory. >> guest: that's interesting. sometimes people don't realize that they say. when president clinton came into office, he was not accustom to having servants or people on the household staff. he never had that -- some of that in arkansas as a governor, but nothing like a wealthy american would have. which president bush were. they didn't know how to deal with the household staff. hillary and bill clinton. they were wondering why are they here at night? are they spying on it? what's it all about? then they realized they had duties. >> host: they thought they were spying, things might have turned out differently; right? >> guest: yeah, looking back on it, you can see people not accustom to having staff at their elbow, do i have any time to myself? >> host: right. >> guest: as time went on, the staff game to like and respect. initially,
so big bush said -- h.w. said when his son came back, it was like having a reunion. >> guest: yes. >> host: little bush must have felt at some level, there was familiar territory. >> guest: that's interesting. sometimes people don't realize that they say. when president clinton came into office, he was not accustom to having servants or people on the household staff. he never had that -- some of that in arkansas as a governor, but nothing like a wealthy american would have....
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complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have strong systems and things are going in the wrong direction. >> host: what i see on the ground when i travel often to afghanistan is to be honest with all the power of the u.s. military, we have an up credibly well-led military, but in the end that's not enough to substitute for the poor government there is and the institutions provide, and it's like, you know, we're pushing this rock uphill and we just never quite get there. i'm sure you wouldn't disagree and it's hard to find anybody to defend president karzai's government. >> guest: that's true too. it brings us back to democratization and that proc
complex of building, helping, developing projects that's going on that really are designed to be one big branch stray teemingic thing wherever you look in the middle east, and that is to shore up the strength, the responsiveness of the state wherever they look, whether with iraq or iraq today or afghanistan to prevent pakistan from continuing to sell the idea of a two-state solution for israel and palestine are all within the concept of the international space system. that is, we don't have...
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there were some big losses unfortunately some big lessons or perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian whether. they met with mixed nasa and know what and dod to agree on a systemic group phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire and the requirements for the system or uncontrolled in a way that the spending went dramatically out control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. or passion about the program. a single stage to orbit i learned a very important lesson which is about policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it coming and we wanted to build a single stage door -- to the orbit and the camera with a beautiful concept that looked like the future we just didn't have the technology. and ultimately we did not have the will either. >> i wouldn't say that national security space was a loss under our -- under the administration. i think a lot of great programs were developed, but i can't really take credit for any of that is what i a
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she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic, something odd happened. another girl looked at her and said all babies want to be born. she ignored her. your baby had a heart. she thought this was propaganda. your baby has fingernails. that was odd. she walked into the abortion clinic and sat down. she glanced around and couldn't help that everyone was playing with their fingernails. tapping them, she thought fingernails, i have a life growing inside of me. she walked out of the abortion clinic. that was the end of the story. let me ask you this. how many remember the statistic that you gave you about a minute and a half go? how many of you remember what prompted jane? everybody remembers. fingernails. even though of you who remember the statistic 1,465,000. they have abandoned as an emotional tool. we think that intellectual argument trumps emotion. you hear it on talk radio all the time. we have -- of all of the logical arguments, we have all of the facts on our side. they rely on emotion all the time. yeah, well, because it works. we need to start taki
she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic, something odd happened. another girl looked at her and said all babies want to be born. she ignored her. your baby had a heart. she thought this was propaganda. your baby has fingernails. that was odd. she walked into the abortion clinic and sat down. she glanced around and couldn't help that everyone was playing with their fingernails. tapping them, she thought fingernails, i have a life growing inside of me. she walked out of the...
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she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic something odd happened to another girl cautioned her and said all babies want to be born. james ignored or. what did this young woman no? your baby has a hard. jane in order again. your baby has fingernails. now, that was odd. this should occur. she walked into the abortion clinic and she sat down. she glanced around and she couldn't help but notice that everyone is playing with their fingernails. tapping them on the tables, chewing on them and she thought i have a life growing inside of me and she walked out of the abortion clinic and that was the end of the story. how many of you remember the statistic i gave you about a minute and a half ago? how many of you remember what prompted jane to walk out of the abortion clinic? everybody remembers the fingernails. and i promise you we cannot even those who your remembered the statistic, 1,466,000, those who remember the forgotten assist a six and would have remembered the finger nails. narratives matter. we h
she thought it was no big deal. as she walked into the clinic something odd happened to another girl cautioned her and said all babies want to be born. james ignored or. what did this young woman no? your baby has a hard. jane in order again. your baby has fingernails. now, that was odd. this should occur. she walked into the abortion clinic and she sat down. she glanced around and she couldn't help but notice that everyone is playing with their fingernails. tapping them on the tables, chewing...
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as early as next year we will see human space flight in the suborbital -- these are big and dramatic things happening quickly and swiftly. it is a dynamic time, an exciting time to be in space. it is only the beginning. i want to come back to this panel 20 years from now and see where we are. this week marks the 50th anniversary of when jfk went to a joint session of congress and said we want to go to the mission. we are still reaching for new heights 50 years later. we are at the beginning of unlocking what space can bring and a boundless opportunities that lie ahead. dodd-frank please still think the best is yet ahead. want to go to peter marquez who was instrumental within the obama white house on helping us draft our national space strategy. peter? [applause] >> thanks to david and jeff for putting this panel together. for me it has been great to sit here in the audience and listen to what happened and how we got to where we are. fascinating for me, appreciate the opportunity. one thing i want to talk about doesn't have to do with the content of policy but why we have a policy. a
as early as next year we will see human space flight in the suborbital -- these are big and dramatic things happening quickly and swiftly. it is a dynamic time, an exciting time to be in space. it is only the beginning. i want to come back to this panel 20 years from now and see where we are. this week marks the 50th anniversary of when jfk went to a joint session of congress and said we want to go to the mission. we are still reaching for new heights 50 years later. we are at the beginning of...
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and so big bush said -- h.w. said when his son came back it was almost like having a reunion. >> guest: yes. >> host: and so son -- little bush must have felt at some level, you know, these were -- this was familiar territory for him. >> guest: right. well, it's interesting. a couple of quick points about that. when a new president takes over, of course, the house stays. it's not a turnover in the household staff. some people might not realize that they stay. >> host: right. >> guest: and when president clinton came into office after bush the elder president clinton, of course, was not accustomed to having servants or people on the household staff. he had never had that kind of -- had some of that in arkansas as governor but nothing like a wealthy american would have which the bushes were. so they didn't know how to deal with the household staff, hillary and bill clinton. and so they were wondering well, why are these staffers here at night? are they spying on us? what's this all about. and they didn't know they
and so big bush said -- h.w. said when his son came back it was almost like having a reunion. >> guest: yes. >> host: and so son -- little bush must have felt at some level, you know, these were -- this was familiar territory for him. >> guest: right. well, it's interesting. a couple of quick points about that. when a new president takes over, of course, the house stays. it's not a turnover in the household staff. some people might not realize that they stay. >> host:...
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w but we just took a big run at getting our health care costs icck in line. def $1.3 trillion in deficit savingo according to cbo. mr. president, in conclusion,w f the overview of the budgethat framework that we are offering our colleagues for their $ consideration provides $4 trillion in deficit reductios over ten years. it's actually 5 trillion if measured on the same basis as the fiscal commission.hat we we have adopted what we think is a more plausible baseline int light of things that haveed s happened so far this year. still lies the debt by 2014, tht deficit to 2.5% of gdp by 2015 and 1.3% by 2021. tax r but tax reform that simplifieso, that goes after offshore tax havens and tax shelters and previews fairness and we rejectt the house gop plan to end the to medicare as we know it andwe prt protect education, energy andins infrastructure investments.ic we have balance the deficit and debt reduction plans, cuttinging spending by about $2 trillion, providing additional revenue by about $2 trillion. as let me conclude as i began by r saying ourev revenue p
w but we just took a big run at getting our health care costs icck in line. def $1.3 trillion in deficit savingo according to cbo. mr. president, in conclusion,w f the overview of the budgethat framework that we are offering our colleagues for their $ consideration provides $4 trillion in deficit reductios over ten years. it's actually 5 trillion if measured on the same basis as the fiscal commission.hat we we have adopted what we think is a more plausible baseline int light of things that...
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there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be killed and separated, so there was a big loss. my own personal loss i was involved in this case transformation policy-making at the time and we were passionate about the x33 program single stage oregon and i learned a very important lesson, which is policy never trump's physics. so you can say whatever you want, but if you can't do it, if it will happen, and we wanted to will the single states to orbit in existence and we had a beautiful concept that looked like the future we did this didn't have the technology. and ultimately we didn't have the will either. i th
there were some big losses on fortunately, some big lessons learned. perhaps the biggest loss was the program. we encourage the consolidation of the military and civilian weather system. it turned out to be a logistical nightmare with the primary user met with nasa in the dod to agree on a system of grow phenomenally out of the budget just went haywire, and requirements for the system were not controlled in a way that is spending dramatically out of control and eventually the program had to be...
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minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america not only for one day, but for a decade and maybe the rest of the century. and this is not being done by an outside power. we're spending $700 billion on defense, and we're destroying ourselves by a self-inflicted wound because of political dysfunction, political rigidity and political ideology. what the heck is this? and i could even use more intense language. what we are about to do -- we cannot allow this to happen. so i say to my colleagues, look, one of my colleagues said to me yesterday, senator mikulski, what would it take to
minority contractors are going to have a big impact. then it takes us to the government will definitely slow down or not pay at all contractors, whether it's the big defense guys that employ thousands and thousands of people or is it not going to pay the small to medium-size business like in my own state that does information technology? now, we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united states of america. we are about to destroy the reputation and solvency of the united...
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but also the first latina, how big is the, that's a huge. then you have women, so data by women, valerie jared who's the senior advisor to the president and allin rosenthal in the white house and is there as a white house adviser on violence against women. that's the first time i've ever created a position like that in the white house and that is because i to the gobi is the president and vice president care about the issue of the violence against women so they have someone right there in the white house fighting for us. [applause] women obviously have unique, healthy and as you know one of the major pieces of legislation the president was able to get enacted in the affordable health care act which affected now 39 million people now have health care that didn't have it before the passage of our legislation. [applause] in the 2014 it will be illegal for insurance companies to deny women any coverage because of pre-existing illnesses or to charge more because they are women also to 15 million women who were uninsured to now game subsidies for
but also the first latina, how big is the, that's a huge. then you have women, so data by women, valerie jared who's the senior advisor to the president and allin rosenthal in the white house and is there as a white house adviser on violence against women. that's the first time i've ever created a position like that in the white house and that is because i to the gobi is the president and vice president care about the issue of the violence against women so they have someone right there in the...
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i mean it seems to me that is such a big issue. getting our kids just through high school and into college. i work for a foundation in d.c. called pozzi and i think we are are -- to be our executive director and what they do is they work to get disadvantaged kids into college. so how do we address our failing public school system especially when it comes to black kids? >> whoa, that is big. >> first of all, thank you for your remark and of course tomorrow lawson is the new d.c. coordinator of the foundation in d.c.. i'm so proud of her and she is my baby girl. she is really coretta's baby girl but i borrow her from time to time. we are excited about her. >> she was hired in a nanosecond. it was like m, calm. but we are excited about that and i'm excited about the image that the foundation has which is really about changing the metrics around college attendance. here is what we have to do you all. whoever is in in the -- within the sound of my voice, going to college is not warring. it is not nerdy. it is not white folk. eight is ho
i mean it seems to me that is such a big issue. getting our kids just through high school and into college. i work for a foundation in d.c. called pozzi and i think we are are -- to be our executive director and what they do is they work to get disadvantaged kids into college. so how do we address our failing public school system especially when it comes to black kids? >> whoa, that is big. >> first of all, thank you for your remark and of course tomorrow lawson is the new d.c....
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[laughter] >> and i'll stop there because that was my big step. on being able to stand in front of a group dripping wet, no makeup and what makeup was there was sliding down my face and pulling it doting. and having the electricity go out this morning at 2:00 it's nothing compared to what i've been through in the past. [laughter] >> as miss oklahoma, suddenly you're thrust into the spotlight not only as a representative of the state but as we all know a lot of times with native people, once we're put in the spotlight we're suddenly asked to represent all native people. how did you balance that? i mean, how did you become an advocate for native people but without, you know, taking on that representative of the whole? >> well, i think mainly because i probably never felt really normal. and so i never -- well, really, if you read the book and see how i grew up, it's hard to think of myself being normal. so it's really -- i can't speak for other people because i'm not normal. so i only speak for myself. [laughter] >> but i did -- there were a lot of p
[laughter] >> and i'll stop there because that was my big step. on being able to stand in front of a group dripping wet, no makeup and what makeup was there was sliding down my face and pulling it doting. and having the electricity go out this morning at 2:00 it's nothing compared to what i've been through in the past. [laughter] >> as miss oklahoma, suddenly you're thrust into the spotlight not only as a representative of the state but as we all know a lot of times with native...
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that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see him as his act colite who was going to put his life on the line for this plot would see him, as an inspirational figure. that only makes sense. because you're not seeing him when you're the reader. you're not seeing him through the americans' point of view, you're seeing him from the point of view from someone who's actually been inspired by him, and you want to understand how that could possibly be. >> and one of the things your characters from the west or the middle east have in common is that they're having to use different identities. brooke chandler
that was a big part of bin laden's persona. he wrote poetry. and he is, he was always described in personal dealings with him as, you know, rather gentle and con said rate -- considerate, far from a screamer. zawahiri, i gather, is not a pleasant person to be around at all. much more rigid, much more didactic, mind you, we're talking about opposing characters who planned 9/11, so i don't want to push that one too far. but i think in portraying bin laden it was important to get him right and see...
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guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs? yes, it did. i think that is how we have to approach medicare. a baby girl born today as a 50% chance or better of living to 100 my husband's grandmother passed away a couple of years ago one a week shy of 112 living in her own home. these are the things that we are dealing with. people are living longer. i was very engaged with care coordination, wellness, how we coordinate care for our seniors in order to make sure not only are they getting the appropriate care but getting it in the setting that they want and having the quality of life that they want as well. me
guest: i think there are too few big steps and not enough baby steps. i think it is critical for us. i was willing to vote on the medicare part d which a handful of our democrats did that with president bush because i could not imagine a health-care program for seniors without prescription drugs being integrated into it. was it perfect? no. did it take the necessary steps to get us started on that discussion and debate and the evolution of a senior health care plan that had prescription drugs?...
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it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a refundable tax credit -- rare category -- it doesn't help them. 70% of americans don't touch it. what are the biggest deductions under the u.s. tax code today? i in all my wisdom and education and experience on capitol hill, i raised my hand to the teacher and said well, it's the mortgage interest deduction, right? wrong. the biggest single deduction is the employers exclusion for health care premiums. so employers are able to exclude from income the amount of money they spend for health insurance for their employees. that's t
it's a big sum of money. so we spend it in our expenditure levels, defense department, all the way through the agriculture department, everything in between, and we forgive or don't collect the same amount in the tax code. so who benefits from that? well, let's look at the basics. 70% of american taxpayers do not itemize on their tax returns. they file the standard return. they don't itemize. so the tax code doesn't mean anything to them. if there is a special deduction, unless it was a...
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and although i've seen her once before, the big time i saw her was when i had the first tech writing accident in the my back and was unconscious for a while. as a kid, for chile part of overcoming out with not believing the doctors and a side you should be glad you can walk. you are lucky you weren't dead. oh yeah, sure, but i wanted to do more. we kept going. finally had to go to the chiropractor to find somebody that said maybe exercise is okay. maybe you can try jogging. yeah, maybe you could use that to strength in your back. i latched onto god and that is when i got into dance team chemistry living in the which an escape --a physical escape. i felt great. i got my body back. and then just as you start to feel good, life has a tendency sometimes to thought you back down. it is happening to me. i had some fun times, cheerleading, i'm sure there's not a lot of people out there i would even admit that they were trying to clean if they [laughter] while to us. and you know what, i would have rather two minute track here. i thought a tractor queen is good. i'm queen of the track truce.
and although i've seen her once before, the big time i saw her was when i had the first tech writing accident in the my back and was unconscious for a while. as a kid, for chile part of overcoming out with not believing the doctors and a side you should be glad you can walk. you are lucky you weren't dead. oh yeah, sure, but i wanted to do more. we kept going. finally had to go to the chiropractor to find somebody that said maybe exercise is okay. maybe you can try jogging. yeah, maybe you...
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it's hard to do a big package. my republicans friends have said they are not willing to do revenues, and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope though is that they are listening not just to lobbyist or special interest here in washington, but they are also listening to the american people. turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations show that it's not just democrats that think we need to take a balanced approach. it's republicanned as well. the clear majority of republican voters think that any deficit reduction package should have a balanced approach and should include some revenues. that's not just democrats. that's the majority of republicans. you have a whole slew of republican officials from previous administrations, you've got a bipartisan commission that has said that we need revenues. so this is not just a democratic understanding. that is an understanding that i think the american people hold that we should not be asking sacrifices from middle class folks who are working hard
it's hard to do a big package. my republicans friends have said they are not willing to do revenues, and they have repeated that on several occasions. my hope though is that they are listening not just to lobbyist or special interest here in washington, but they are also listening to the american people. turns out poll after poll, many done by your organizations show that it's not just democrats that think we need to take a balanced approach. it's republicanned as well. the clear majority of...
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now, i get a big kick out of this "time" magazine, "the new new deal." using the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, he was going to transform the united states into a european-style social democracy. businesses and the individuals who start them would no longer be free entities with property rights. they would be arms of the state that exist for the purpose of funding ever-expanding welfare programs. taxation would no longer be a necessary evil with citizens and businesses recognizing a legal duty to pay what was owed but understanding that they were ceding their property rights to the government to provide for certain public goods. instead, businesses and tax-paying citizens would be obligated to share their wealth with the state. and because the progressives running the administration do not believe in natural rights to liberty and property because they think everything -- everything a family or business makes is, in fact, due only to the largeess of the state, paying taxes is no longer something that somebody done but something people should want to d
now, i get a big kick out of this "time" magazine, "the new new deal." using the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, he was going to transform the united states into a european-style social democracy. businesses and the individuals who start them would no longer be free entities with property rights. they would be arms of the state that exist for the purpose of funding ever-expanding welfare programs. taxation would no longer be a necessary evil with citizens and businesses...
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and the money made a big difference. one or two euros funds for for the children's medicine part, but i give you this only as an example. we apply the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got into climate change business and we were helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. by not only retrofitting buildings, but changing the street lights and wherever possible in megacities and developing worlds, closing landfills which were huge emitters of methane gas. and which really are goldmines if you think about it. all those urban landfills you have recyclable glass and plastic and metal and all the rest the organic material can be turned into fertilizer and the rest can be turned into electricity. so, we are trying to do the same thing. we have doubled, tripled and sometimes even quadrupled income of african farmers in rwanda by lowering the cost of fertilizer and seed and working on a distribution network and saving them half their income by taking their pr
and the money made a big difference. one or two euros funds for for the children's medicine part, but i give you this only as an example. we apply the same theory to try to lower the cost of new technologies when we got into climate change business and we were helping 40 cities around the world to try to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. by not only retrofitting buildings, but changing the street lights and wherever possible in megacities and developing worlds, closing landfills which were...
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i think being muslim is a big part of who he is, and a big part of what makes it challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life, he challenges politics, and people go, oh, yeah, you did great, but he keeps going and challenging, goes to another country. one, he becomes muslim and becomes separate from the people he's around, going to another country, all the sudden becoming different from other americans around him. it seems like he's the life of increased alienation that in a way it's strange that he was killed by african-americans just like gandhi was killed by hindus. >> let you close out the evening and respond to this. just you left? get up there. sorry. i thought there was a whole line. >> i'm a student at the university. my question is because there's been discussion, kind i briefly about black nationalism, and i guess my question is is it possible to have a formulation of black nationalism that addresses the policing that goes on in some of what is referred to as the fascist elements of insular
i think being muslim is a big part of who he is, and a big part of what makes it challenging for everyone, but i also notice that malcolm x becomes more and more alienated as he goes along because he challenges life, he challenges politics, and people go, oh, yeah, you did great, but he keeps going and challenging, goes to another country. one, he becomes muslim and becomes separate from the people he's around, going to another country, all the sudden becoming different from other americans...
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the president talked about big things but i think the american public expects more than a big speech. the congressional budget office says they cannot score a speech there is no plan by the president. we are two weeks out. there is no budget by the senate. the american public expects us to get back to work. expects us to get a job done. today you'll see a bill on the floor that is straightforward. no more budget tricks, no more accounting gimmicks, no more lies to the american people. with me curb it and cut it and balance it for the future. the democrats sit back and say somehow they're opposed to a balanced budget. 16 years ago if they had that one more vote we wouldn't be here today. i want you to all imagine for one moment -- imagined that vote passed, what would our press conference be about today? would westbound investing in something. would westbound worried about unemployment? would westbound wondering about how big america is growing? well, now is the opportunity. we welcome democrats to join dawes but if they don't we'll pass it on our own. that is the contrast. that is the
the president talked about big things but i think the american public expects more than a big speech. the congressional budget office says they cannot score a speech there is no plan by the president. we are two weeks out. there is no budget by the senate. the american public expects us to get back to work. expects us to get a job done. today you'll see a bill on the floor that is straightforward. no more budget tricks, no more accounting gimmicks, no more lies to the american people. with me...
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the big one was what kind of a book was that i was trying to write? i finally saw the distinction as one between telling a story or describing, explaining and judging. a lot of history in fall describing, explaining and judging of large and complicated things but the things that drew me to history originally and to writing in general was the compelling nature of stories which would take hold of you. you couldn't let them go. i decided that was one wanted to do. the incredible task of interesting characters here many of whom were visible and there were dramatic events taking place. the killing of crazy horse which took place in 1877 in some ways was a minor event but on the other hand it was devastating in its psychological effects on the indians and other indians as well and that is still the case. most americans get through years at a time without thinking of the killing of crazy horse but that is not true. they resent it and they are still -- there are still factions in the tribe that are glad of it. they did what they could to ensure that crazy hor
the big one was what kind of a book was that i was trying to write? i finally saw the distinction as one between telling a story or describing, explaining and judging. a lot of history in fall describing, explaining and judging of large and complicated things but the things that drew me to history originally and to writing in general was the compelling nature of stories which would take hold of you. you couldn't let them go. i decided that was one wanted to do. the incredible task of...
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this is a big step forward. it is a move that we believe is absolutely necessary, because many of us believe that we can't find their future congress and because we can find a future congress or a simple legislative act, through simple statute, to cut three or $4 billion right now in order to make sort of a down payment on the debt limit increase is a promise that could become illusory if it is not accompanied by something else. the one way that we can find a future conference -- congresses through a constitutional amendment. we are identifying here today that this is one way that we could raise the debt limit. some of us have signed a pledge saying that we would not raise the debt limit unless these conditions have been satisfied. i'm one of those people. others among us have not signed the pledge, but have indicated that they would be willing to raise the debt limit in this circumstance and i think senator roy blunt from missouri for making the suggestion a few weeks ago that we consider doing something like t
this is a big step forward. it is a move that we believe is absolutely necessary, because many of us believe that we can't find their future congress and because we can find a future congress or a simple legislative act, through simple statute, to cut three or $4 billion right now in order to make sort of a down payment on the debt limit increase is a promise that could become illusory if it is not accompanied by something else. the one way that we can find a future conference -- congresses...
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we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly haven't heard from you so if you'd like to her housemates be i know time is short. i just want to salute all of you for having this and the thought process. we are certainly in a crisis, and you all know that. and history is going to be written. what's it going to say? i was somewhat relieved, even as for mr. summers to leave town. i wonder what would have to do to get mr. geithner to leave. i'm glad to see them go back and do what he does well. he's a good professor. i would like to see the other gentleman go do what he does well. we are in a cri
we can't get the big things going. the overarching issues and serving the discrimination issues are one of the things we deal with. if it's okay with you, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell, to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. [laughter] so thank you very, very much for the opportunity. [applause] >> not often you have the luxury of having a reserve congressman. [inaudible] >> congressman connolly...
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this affects our economy in big ways. it affects jobs and our ability to get this economy back on track. closing this independent agency loophole is a reform that those of us on both sides of the aisle should join the president in supporting. this is the right vehicle to be able to achieve that. no major regulation whatever its source, should be imposed on american employers or or on state and local governments without a serious consideration of what the costs are what the benefits are and whether there is available a less burdensome alternative to achieve the same objective. this amendment moves us closer toward that goal. it's a commonsense amendment again, taking the president's executive order and memorandum of today and actually putting it into force through the force of law. thank you mr. president. i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: thank you mr. president. i rise to discuss
this affects our economy in big ways. it affects jobs and our ability to get this economy back on track. closing this independent agency loophole is a reform that those of us on both sides of the aisle should join the president in supporting. this is the right vehicle to be able to achieve that. no major regulation whatever its source, should be imposed on american employers or or on state and local governments without a serious consideration of what the costs are what the benefits are and...
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i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots in the world and the u.s. as well. it is not just an issue of wealth. it is also an issue of education. important, the comprehensive tax reform that is outlined in the comeback america restoring fiscal sanity report under both from march would end up resulting with everybody and that making more than a stated percentage will pay something. those who end up having more and make more will pay more. we will have an even more progressive tax system. but the way we do it is through comprehe
i am paying taxes big time on my life. the thing is, i am so upset with the ignorance, with the calls that come in. it is devastating to say the rich are helping the poor to get jobs is absolutely ludicrous. i am so upset because there is a goal to tear down the little guy. of course the goal is to destroy obama, which is unspeakable. the middle class and the poor are suffering. all because of money. money, money. that is what is so upsetting to me. guest: there is absolutely no question there...
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that's a really big deal. yes, you need to applaud for that and then you need to go out and work it up. >> bring it up, the sass. >> you bet. >> you really highlighted a point that a lot of people don't think about how this really is delivering on a promise for everyone. and you talked about how women can benefit a lot from this bill. and just thinking about our generation regardless of the political affiliation that a person may -- a young person may be swayed to, we all have this passion of equality to all, what are some of the steps that the administration is taking to ensure that all americans have access to care that they need regardless of race, gender and sexual orientation? >> well, it's a great question. i talked a little bit about women but a final piece of that snapshot. in the insurance market women are likely to pay 15 to 20% more for identical coverage. plans are less likely to have birth control coverage than they are to have viagra coverage. it makes not a lot of sense. >> oh, my god. [laughter
that's a really big deal. yes, you need to applaud for that and then you need to go out and work it up. >> bring it up, the sass. >> you bet. >> you really highlighted a point that a lot of people don't think about how this really is delivering on a promise for everyone. and you talked about how women can benefit a lot from this bill. and just thinking about our generation regardless of the political affiliation that a person may -- a young person may be swayed to, we all have...
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it is also shining a light independent bookstores were greatly impacted by the rise of big bucks superstores so it would be interesting to see what they could do not just as borders retracts fifth and closes up shops as barnes & noble transitions into a digital format. >> what is the fiscal health of barnes & noble? >> that is in an interesting spot. record sales but because they spend so much money in terms of developing the know quote wind and the digital business they had to suspend the dividend for the last two quarters. wall street has not been entirely happy about this. there were also in the process of trying to sell themselves as of one year-ago in in early may, liberty media which is owned by john malone put in of bid at $17 a share and that is considered in the company is doing to diligence but it remains to be seen there are some favorable signs and also spoken highly of each other in the media, at this point*, perhaps not of up in the air but hardly a done deal. >> tell us about the publishers marketplace and if people want to follow you? >> i am a news editor for publishers mark
it is also shining a light independent bookstores were greatly impacted by the rise of big bucks superstores so it would be interesting to see what they could do not just as borders retracts fifth and closes up shops as barnes & noble transitions into a digital format. >> what is the fiscal health of barnes & noble? >> that is in an interesting spot. record sales but because they spend so much money in terms of developing the know quote wind and the digital business they had...